TROTTING Leading Trainer Gained First in 40 Years Ago

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30499, 22 July 1964, Page 4

TROTTING Leading Trainer Gained First in 40 Years Ago

•The Press” Sperai Serccw WELLINGTON. July 21. Forty years ago the mare Item gave J. S. Hunter his first win. Next week, as the season officially comes to an end. the same man will enter the record bode as New Zealand's leading trainer.

In the years between. Hasler has been tkroqgh every phase of Ihe. sport. as owner, -ranrer, and driver. liea’s CarsEroan win in 1?24 was notab® in anTther way. Besides grvir< Hunter his first sueeess as an owner he raced her in ’.artnership with a brother she also provided I 1 C Watts with one of his early wins when he switched from to trotting.

Hurt® and ins family nave a-ways ueez e.wte’y asswn-«-ec writs tne Hat! MaDey. ■ He was bora at Waiwhetz t'i m ria.—ed *ra:rozg at Tana. Now ne is at Trentzam wiere b* zas bees for rr.-jre crax- 10 years. znf iz,zir r 'ft it to move ts P.iy-._ a wrzn® at Hutt Parc was Hus'®'? first runner to succeed far rum a *- ownw-tram®, ark st'ttt eft® ne started at a pubfie JuT first her® is this FI 7. **2"? id* SiL.Ofc>'ffiT.LXLt. visits was BT-ar±e is trior vzyi • x, It was Substitute. tnen 'raised by C. S Donald, v - ’-z won a eontrorerKal f- zz at Hitt. Parc. and rr w as Substitute which rorared ft MB ins attest;® a r.uza Bay azr started the Ctx.Ht Strait crossing by horsepower—his own. F ? unattsy Suustittte race a i.e creie and swam 'arc tt snore. but it was er mated that be covered four mues is the water. Tnere was a ttratr of the tm. usual. too. in the rnazner it. v ziz-n Hunter became er&t T ed as train® by Mr E A Hitter had met Mr MtFeru.e and dismissed t&e matter. but r was not till a torn coed meeting of the We .ngt® Trotting Cab is 953 tr.tr ary business was First Win Mr McKenzie, whs had P.'ja- rg m trairrng in the Struth Is.ard. sett her to the Hurter stables and 12 three

=tar.» at the Eswera raster rseetxag B'STrr'y was planed three tunes. Toe ftiliowing August she Ttn twt. in a day to beeome the -Erst Hunt.® nsser for Mr MeKenn'- but suut after. 1® the surprise <£ she foaled. She had beer put in foal before jot?ng the Hunter teara. Bucet Beef and Bug.e CaE were gx>t. wTiners preparec by Homer fa the early days of the McKetme-Htsn.® ass> OZtHE. H gh'.and Hi was the first Wirmer for Mr McKenzie to Tjine from the present Trentraa stabies. It v as also C S. .Hunter's first wixmig drive for Mr McKenzie and there was ar element of iuri in it 'jetai.se the fiuat brake dawx an- Hall had to be walked to the course. Hunters two stmt Charlie and lax, have both had «nssiterahie success as drivers and for the t-taning season applitartatm has seen made for Charlie to train in pannership with his father. First winning drive for Charlie was ir June. 1954. at Hutt Park. His father was tiehnd Koyal Charge and was .•Evolved in az accident in •the first rate. The son, hav:ng only his third drive, took tne reins for the second fjetl and Boyal Charge won. This was in the ear y days the TAB. and the feat was faeadmed as rilß-Course Suhsti-E-pyal Charge is now the mother ®f Mm Scott width is raced by Mrs Hauler. On two 'jccasions Mm Seott was tmd® off® <ff sale.

but she was twice returned. ■l'nik then sue had beer trained as a pacer, but Hunter deriried to convert her. •with conspicuous success. The Hurters have : freqiffistly converted paters ito trettmg and vice versa. Entkher e-rample being Safely Catch. M n Scott h without doubt ■ the most successful stra.gir.ottt tron® procured by the Hurter nabie. but the best horse was Sctntash Com-manr He came into the stable as a wear..mg and won £l*.4&( ! in New Zealand from 15 wins and 4« plarmgs. As well. Scottish Command wor m-oney in AuFtraua. the :lirrited States <tr:ree wms--. and Walßs (one start for a secondk Tins handsmrme gjobe-hrw-mg stabiic is due back ir New Zealand next z&atrii and wsil grand at -stud here. He zas bad tzree of his pro-, eery rarang in New Zealand •meudmz the Great Northerr Troming Derby winner Seortffiffi Laba-? Full Stable For tue curatTig season Hum® will have a full stable He has 19 in w®k now, indadsng F-orwara March and lady Luronne. born of wines showed exeepßaaai promise d’mmg the seast® just et®- ; eluding. Over the last 12 months Hunter has tramed 31 winners, 19 and 12 trot•tmg. C. .S. Hunt® z-tts driven. 25 of them and is top horseman for the North island for; Ttcmag races with nine winners «£ that gat* Modesriy. Hunt® gives most of the credit f® his traT;ing success to good staff wort. At present he has Earl Hanim; Aian McMullen and Jim Duneaa with irrn and all are hard at work preparing f® the new raring sea-’ son wmeb will open f® the sao-le at Addangwn and Hutt Park next m®B±L